Beginner’s Pluck - Maeve Higgins

Even when she became a comedienne, Maeve Higgins didn’t write.

“I’d work things out live on stage, and then transcribe it,” she says. “That’s how I do my TV shows.”

Two years ago, when she started writing for newspapers, she found it tough. “The 800 words would take me three long days. With stand-up words disappear into the air; you have to own your writing. I’d wonder, ‘Do I really think this?’